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Scientific Name | Podalyria pearsonii E.Phillips |
Higher Classification | Dicotyledons |
Family | FABACEAE |
Common Names | Keurtjie (a) |
National Status |
Status and Criteria | Vulnerable B1ab(ii,iii,v)+2ab(ii,iii,v) |
Assessment Date | 2012/11/23 |
Assessor(s) | A.L. Schutte-Vlok & D. Raimondo |
Justification | EOO 1903 km², less than 10 known locations are declining due to habitat loss to rooibos tea cultivation. Of the 12 documented subpopulations, four have been lost to crop cultivation between 2000 and 2010. |
Distribution |
Endemism | South African endemic |
Provincial distribution | Northern Cape, Western Cape |
Range | Nieuwoudtville and Gifberg. |
Habitat and Ecology |
Major system | Terrestrial |
Major habitats | Bokkeveld Sandstone Fynbos |
Description | Deep, sandy soil, 830-867 m. |
Threats |
| Expanding Rooibos cultivation is a severe threat, extensive areas of habitat were transformed on the Bokkeveld Escarpment of Nieuwoudtville and on the Gifberg between 2000 and 2010. It is possibly also threatened by a lack of fire due to fragmentation of habitat - this is a myrmecochorous species that requires fire to regenerate. |
Population |
Population trend | Decreasing |
Assessment History |
Taxon assessed |
Status and Criteria |
Citation/Red List version | | Podalyria pearsonii E.Phillips | VU B1ab(i,ii,iii,iv,v) | Raimondo et al. (2009) | | Podalyria pearsonii E.Phillips | Rare | Hilton-Taylor (1996) | |
Bibliography |
Goldblatt, P. and Manning, J.C. 2000. Cape Plants: A conspectus of the Cape Flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9. National Botanical Institute, Cape Town.
Hilton-Taylor, C. 1996. Red Data List of southern African plants. 1. Corrections and additions. Bothalia 26(2):177-182.
Raimondo, D., von Staden, L., Foden, W., Victor, J.E., Helme, N.A., Turner, R.C., Kamundi, D.A. and Manyama, P.A. 2009. Red List of South African Plants. Strelitzia 25. South African National Biodiversity Institute, Pretoria.
Schutte-Vlok, A.L. and Van Wyk, B.E. 2011. A taxonomic revision of Podalyria (Fabaceae). Systematic Botany 36(3):631-660.
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Citation |
| Schutte-Vlok, A.L. & Raimondo, D. 2012. Podalyria pearsonii E.Phillips. National Assessment: Red List of South African Plants version . Accessed on 2025/04/14 |
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